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Monday, March 31, 2008

News / Chicagoland Limerick maverick

Posted by Whet Moser on 03.31.08 at 01:16 PM

I got your limerick right here.

Last century it wasn't thought dumb
To name Weeghman Park after a gum
Almost a hundred years later
A new kind of hater
Thinks poor Sam Zell is a bum

Update: 

About Wrigley I'm wholly nonplussed
Oppose Zell? I don't see that I must
I don't stand athwart history
Only bad baseball gets t'me
Ashes to ashes, and gum to dust 

Worth noting: the anti-Zell limericks at the Beachwood Reporter are far superior to the ones the S-T has collected (they seem to be missing a line in their own doggerel); h/t Ryerson in comments. Also, revised the first one slightly to avoid word repetition.

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The Beachwood Reporter originated the Zell limericks earlier this month. http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/sports/there_once_was_a_man_named_zel.php

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Posted by Ryerson on 03/31/2008 at 1:44 PM

Hardly any of them get the form right! The ones that don't have the right rhythm (or number of feet or whatever) should be disqualified.

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Posted by Julia on 04/01/2008 at 11:53 PM
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